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perfectly round stones, probably intended for a sling, pieces 
of stone which have the appearance of having been used as 
whet stones, pieces of flint of an ill-defined wedge shape, but 
as no flint is found in the neighbourhood, these have 
doubtless been intended for some implements, several coins, 
including a large brass and silver denarius of Trajan, and small 
brass of Constantine and Constantius. On a former occasion 
the coins found were of Nerva, Nero, Gallienus, Claudius 
Gothicus, Victorinus, Aurelianus, and Maximus ; most of the 
small brass are base imitations, probably by early forgers. 
There were also several small coins weighing only two grains 
each, which I have not had an opportunity of examining. 
From the various articles of human construction just enumer- 
ated, it becomes an interesting subject of ethnological inquiry, 
to ascertain who were their original possessors. That most of 
the relics bear the stamp of Roman art is true, but, when the 
peculiar locality of their deposit is taken into consideration, 
they point to a somewhat different conclusion, making them 
probably, Romano-British, rather than purely Roman ; for 
although a Roman camp is supposed to have been at Settle, 
or in its immediate neighbourhood, there is no indication which 
would lead us to suppose that the various articles found in the 
caves had belonged to the soldiers of the Roman Legions, as 
they exhibit little or nothing of a military character. On the 
contrary, nearly all appear to indicate the possessors as 
peaceful and domestic in their habits, though not plebeian, as 
from the number of personal ornaments it would lead to 
the supposition they were above that class. The nearest 
Roman roads were those from Overborough, (Bremetonacae), 
through Bolland Forest to Ribchester, (Coccium), and from 
hence to Ilkley, (Olicana), at each of which places there was 
a Roman station. The locality of the caves, however, is 
wide of each of these roads, especially Dowkabottom, and all 
in the fastnesses of the hills, as if for security, making it 
